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JACOB R. VAN DUSEN, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

CONTAINER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 28, 1919.

Application filed August 8, 1918. Serial No. 248,874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB R. VAN DUSEN, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of the city of Buffalo, county of Erie, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Container, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates generally to containers and more particularly to the type of container having a body of non-metallic material such as paper, pulp, or similar substance.

The principal object of my invention has been to provide a container which shall be light in weight and very cheap to manufacture.

Another object has been to provide a container of knockdown construction and one which may be easily and quickly assembled without the use of any special tools.

My container is preferably made in the form of a keg or barrel; and, as is well known, such containers are usually used at parts remote from manufacturing centers. Where barrels or kegs of the usual type are employed, a great deal of expense i entailed in shipping the empty barrels to the point where they are to be used. Knockdown wooden barrels or containers are, in many cases, prohibitive on account of the scarcity and increasing cost of lumber, while the use of knockdown metal containers is very limited because of their weight and their unsuitability for shipping many articles.

According to my invention, the main body portion of the container is made of paper, strawboard, or other similar material, the entire device being so constructed that it may be shipped to the user in knockdowncondition. A container is thus provided which is very light, as well as strong, and one which may be shipped to the user in a very compact form.

The above objects and advantages have been accomplished by the device shown in the accompanying drawings, of which:

Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of my complete container.

Fig. 2 is a transverse, sectional view taken on line 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged, fragmentary, sectional view of the fastening means of my container.

In the drawings: 5 is the main body portion of my container which, as hereinbefore stated, is made of stifl' paper, strawboard or like substance and is supplied to the user in flat sheets. These sheets are of such a size that when rolled in the form of a circle they will be of the proper diameter and the long tudinal edges 6 and 7 will overlap,.as shown in Fig. 2. These edges may be secured together by gluing, if desired, but I preferably pass staples or other suitable fasteners 8 through these edges.

At each end of and entirely within the body portion 5 is arranged an annular metallic ring 9. These rings are each made of such a diameter as to fit inside the body portion 5 and each is provided with a plurality of outwardly extending tabs 10 projecting beyond the body. These tabs are bent at right angles with the side wall of the ring 9 and are each provided with a perforation.

12 is the cover head of my container, and 13 i the bottom head thereof. The cover head and the bottom head are substantially alike and each is provided with a centrally arranged and peripherally reduced portion which fits into the metallic band 9. This cover head and bottom head are preferably made of pressed fiber, but these parts may, if desired, be made of veneered wood. Arranged around the outside of the body portion 5 of the container is a plurality of longitudinally extending metallic rods 15. Each of these rods is provided with a head 16, preferably countersunk within the bottom head 13 and flush with its lower surface. These rods are passed through their respective perforations formed in the tabs 10 of each of the metallic rings 9 and have their upper ends screwthreaded. A thin nut 20 is provided on each of the rods 15 and is screwed down upon the tabs 10 of the upper metallic ring and thereby serves to hold the barrel together before the cover head 12 is placed thereon. The cover head is provided with apertures which register with the rods 15 and each aperture is countersunk to a depth substantially equal to the thickness of the nuts 20. After the cover head 12 is put in place, thumb nuts 17 are placed upon the upper projecting ends of the rods and are screwed down upon the cover head, thus holding the same in place. These thumb nuts are provided with apertures 21, whereby a wire (not shown) may be passed through each of the nuts and the ends brought together and sealed in a well known way.

So as to reinforce the container at its middle portion, a band 18 is disposed about the outside of the body and has its ends fastened together preferably by means of a bolt 19.

Obviously, some modifications of the details herein shown and described may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention or the scope of the appended claims, and I do not, therefore, wish to be limited to the exact embodiment herein shown and described.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A container comprising a body, rings fitting entirely within the ends of the body, each having tabs extending outwardly beyond the body, a head having a flang seated against the tabs of the adjacent ring, rods extending through the flange of the head and through the tabs of the rings and means for securing the rods.

2. A container comprising a body, rings fitting entirely within the ends of the body each having tabs extending outwardly beyond the-body a head having a flange seated against the tabs of the adjacent ring, rods extending through the flange of the head and through the tabs of the ring and each having a head at its inner end and a screw thread at its outer end and nuts on the screw threads of the rods for securing the parts of the container together.

3. A container comprising a body, rings fitting entirely within the ends of the body. each having tabs extending outwardly beyond the body, heads each having flanges seated against the tabs of the adjacent ring, rods extending through the flanges of the heads and through the tabs of the rings and means for securing the rods.

4. A container comprising a body, rings fitting entirely within the ends of the body, each having tabs extending outwardly beyond the body, heads each having flanges seated against the tabs of the adjacent ring, rods extending through the flanges of the heads and through the tabs of the rings, and each having a head at its inner end and a screw thread at its outer end, and inner and outer nuts on the screwthreads of the rods for securing the parts of the container together.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name.

JACOB R. VAN DUSEN.

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